Population in Albania compared to Malta: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Albania and Malta: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Albania	Malta	Albania	Malta
1960	1,608,800	326,550	-	-
1961	1,659,800	325,250	3.17%	-0.4%
1962	1,711,319	323,900	3.1%	-0.42%
1963	1,762,621	322,550	3%	-0.42%
1964	1,814,135	321,250	2.92%	-0.4%
1965	1,864,791	318,800	2.79%	-0.76%
1966	1,914,573	315,200	2.67%	-1.13%
1967	1,965,598	311,550	2.67%	-1.16%
1968	2,022,272	307,900	2.88%	-1.17%
1969	2,081,695	304,300	2.94%	-1.17%
1970	2,135,479	302,650	2.58%	-0.54%
1971	2,187,853	302,700	2.45%	0.02%
1972	2,243,126	302,450	2.53%	-0.08%
1973	2,296,752	302,200	2.39%	-0.08%
1974	2,350,124	301,996	2.32%	-0.07%
1975	2,404,831	304,222	2.33%	0.74%
1976	2,458,526	305,774	2.23%	0.51%
1977	2,513,546	306,970	2.24%	0.39%
1978	2,566,266	310,182	2.1%	1.05%
1979	2,617,832	313,342	2.01%	1.02%
1980	2,671,997	316,645	2.07%	1.05%
1981	2,726,056	318,982	2.02%	0.74%
1982	2,784,278	325,898	2.14%	2.17%
1983	2,843,960	330,524	2.14%	1.42%
1984	2,904,429	330,593	2.13%	0.02%
1985	2,964,762	336,452	2.08%	1.77%
1986	3,022,635	342,121	1.95%	1.68%
1987	3,083,605	344,485	2.02%	0.69%
1988	3,142,336	347,325	1.9%	0.82%
1989	3,227,943	350,722	2.72%	0.98%
1990	3,286,542	354,170	1.82%	0.98%
1991	3,266,790	363,845	-0.6%	2.73%
1992	3,247,039	367,618	-0.6%	1.04%
1993	3,227,287	371,308	-0.61%	1%
1994	3,207,536	374,797	-0.61%	0.94%
1995	3,187,784	377,419	-0.62%	0.7%
1996	3,168,033	379,905	-0.62%	0.66%
1997	3,148,281	382,791	-0.62%	0.76%
1998	3,128,530	385,287	-0.63%	0.65%
1999	3,108,778	387,578	-0.63%	0.59%
2000	3,089,027	390,087	-0.64%	0.65%
2001	3,060,173	393,028	-0.93%	0.75%
2002	3,051,010	395,969	-0.3%	0.75%
2003	3,039,616	398,582	-0.37%	0.66%
2004	3,026,939	401,268	-0.42%	0.67%
2005	3,011,487	403,834	-0.51%	0.64%
2006	2,992,547	405,308	-0.63%	0.37%
2007	2,970,017	406,724	-0.75%	0.35%
2008	2,947,314	409,379	-0.76%	0.65%
2009	2,927,519	412,477	-0.67%	0.76%
2010	2,913,021	414,508	-0.5%	0.49%
2011	2,905,195	416,268	-0.27%	0.42%
2012	2,900,401	420,028	-0.17%	0.9%
2013	2,895,092	424,810	-0.18%	1.14%
2014	2,889,104	433,481	-0.21%	2.04%
2015	2,880,703	444,220	-0.29%	2.48%
2016	2,876,101	454,505	-0.16%	2.32%
2017	2,873,457	467,106	-0.09%	2.77%
2018	2,866,376	483,903	-0.25%	3.6%
2019	2,854,191	503,912	-0.43%	4.13%
2020	2,837,849	515,490	-0.57%	2.3%
2021	2,811,666	518,150	-0.92%	0.52%
2022	2,777,689	531,113	-1.21%	2.5%
2023	2,745,972	552,747	-1.14%	4.07%
2024	2,714,617	574,346	-1.14%	3.91%
2025	2,694,925	580,514	-0.73%	1.07%
2026	2,675,010	584,351	-0.74%	0.66%
2027	2,655,754	586,444	-0.72%	0.36%
2028	2,636,738	588,290	-0.72%	0.31%
2029	2,617,526	589,776	-0.73%	0.25%
2030	2,598,055	590,973	-0.74%	0.2%
2031	2,578,605	591,921	-0.75%	0.16%
2032	2,559,433	592,622	-0.74%	0.12%
2033	2,539,878	592,974	-0.76%	0.06%
2034	2,519,713	592,827	-0.79%	-0.02%
2035	2,499,557	592,332	-0.8%	-0.08%
2036	2,479,237	591,668	-0.81%	-0.11%
2037	2,458,376	590,830	-0.84%	-0.14%
2038	2,437,333	589,771	-0.86%	-0.18%
2039	2,415,720	588,528	-0.89%	-0.21%
2040	2,393,840	587,256	-0.91%	-0.22%
2041	2,372,118	585,895	-0.91%	-0.23%
2042	2,350,472	584,467	-0.91%	-0.24%
2043	2,328,984	582,966	-0.91%	-0.26%
2044	2,307,685	581,355	-0.91%	-0.28%
2045	2,286,312	579,693	-0.93%	-0.29%
2046	2,264,596	577,954	-0.95%	-0.3%
2047	2,243,130	576,050	-0.95%	-0.33%
2048	2,221,710	574,050	-0.95%	-0.35%
2049	2,200,033	572,187	-0.98%	-0.32%
2050	2,178,271	570,210	-0.99%	-0.35%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Albania decreased by 130,784 people (a 4.34% decline), while Malta gained 40,386 people (a 10% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Albania lost -185,778 (a 6.45% decline), while Malta's population increased by 139,376 (a 31.4% growth).

Albania was ranked 132nd most populous country in 2005 and is 141st in 2025. Malta was ranked 168th in 2005 and ranked 167th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Albania's population will shrink by 19.2% to 2,178,271 people with a rank change from 141st to 146th. The population of Malta will decrease by 2.29% to 570,210 people and will still be ranked 167th.